Taranaki Toy Run crash

[Naki Rat]

This is not good news! Motorcyclists seem to have developed a 'lemming' gene just recently, or is it the rusty and over-enthusiastic riders back on their machines after the winter rego holiday?

[James Deuce]

It's the first weekend in December. It happens every year.

[jellywrestler]

omg
rip
hope it's not a KB member
this is terrible
the car driver was in the wrong
and they were too young to die

[Headbanger]

Can't see how it matters if its a KB member or not, Its a tragic event.

If its the van driver at fault, I vote an eye for an eye, Give the fucker a dose of kill.

[Headbanger]

ffs

Two motorcyclists are dead and five others have been flown to hospital after a van ploughed into a group of touring bikes in the Taranaki today.

Double ffs

A person who was performing CPR on one of the injured riders was also taken to hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was believed to have been one of the occupants in the van.

[actungbaby]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10851271

dam i chouldint think worse thing to happen

[BigAl]

Bloody tragic and being a toy run couldn't imagine speed involved.

[JimO]

If its the van driver at fault, I vote an eye for an eye, Give the fucker a dose of kill.

if they are the vans skid marks he looks to have been not in the wrong

[FJRider]

This is not good news! Motorcyclists seem to have developed a 'lemming' gene just recently, or is it the rusty and over-enthusiastic riders back on their machines after the winter rego holiday?

Or just in the wrong place .. at the wrong time ...

Being "in the right" does not mean staying safe.

It would even be debatable ... to declare it increases the odds of staying safe.

All the skill, training, experience, and laws ... count for nothing if one idiot motorist is involved ...


Everybody feeling lucky ... ???

[roadracingoldfart]

Is that a misplaced bike muffler with a large outlet or is it the van muffler ???

[FJRider]

Is that a misplaced bike muffler with a large outlet or is it the van muffler ???

The van still has it's muffler attached. Looks like a "Boy Racer" type ... (mag wheels on the van I see)

Attached is an enlarged pic ...

[clonak]

Got detoured around the Te Hana accident today. Knew it must have been pretty bad.
Had to learn to ride on gravel pretty quickly... Missed my sisters performance in dargaville.

Hope they are ok all the same, but some of the driving I witnessed on the way up, I am not supprised. I thought it was the rain that made peoples driving retarded, not the sun.

Not a good day at all. No wonder my mum wanted me to text her when I got home.

[SPman]

Not good.....we know one of those killed.......ride on Kelly...

[SPman]

It's the first weekend in December. It happens every year.

Hmmmm...coming up for 6 years now...........

[munster]

Bit more info this morning.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10851403

Not good for anyone involved. Hope they throw the book at the van driver.